civil

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 2.4 Noun 3 Serbo-Croatian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 4 Spanish 4.1 Adjective 4.1.1 Related terms 5 Swedish 5.1 Adjective

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: ʹsĭv-əl IPA: /ˈsɪv.əl/, SAMPA: /"sIv.@l/
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• Rhymes: -ɪvəl

[edit] Etymology

From Latin civilis (“‘relating to a citizen’”)

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civil (comparative more civil, superlative most civil)

1. Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

   She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.

2. Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.

   It was very civil of him to stop the argument.

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• civil society

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Wikipedia ^fr

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Borrowed from Latin civilis.

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• IPA: /sivil/
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civil m. (f. civile, m. plural civils, f. plural civiles)

1. civil (war, marriage etc.)
2. (politics) lay
3. civilian
4. (literary) civil, courteous, polite

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civil m. (plural civils)

1. civilian

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[edit] Etymology

From German Zivil, from French civil, from Latin cīvīlis (“‘civic, civil’”), from cīvis (“‘citizen’”).

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cìvīl m. (Cyrillic spelling цѝвӣл)

1. civilian (not related to the military armed forces)

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civil m. and f. (plural civiles)

1. civil

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• civilizar

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civil

Inflections of civil
Indefinite singular	Common	civil
	Neuter	civilt
Definite singular	Masc.	civile
	All	civila
Plural		civila

1. civil; having to do with people and organizations outside military or police, sometimes also outside of other team-based activities, such as a professional sports team